For a prime $p\geq 5$, let $\mathscr S_g$ be the moduli space over $\overline{\mathbb F}_p$ of $g$-dimensional principally polarized supersingular abelian varieties. We show that each of the following loci contains an open dense subscheme on which the principally polarized abelian varieties have automorphism group $\{\pm1\}$: (i) certain supersingular Ekedahl--Oort strata when $g$ is even, (ii) the loci in $\mathscr S_g$ with non-supersingular Ekedahl--Oort invariants of positive Coxeter type when $g\geq 3$, and (iii) the locus in $\mathscr S_g$ with $a$-number at least $2$ when $g\geq 4$. Consequently, for $g\geq 4$, the complement in $\mathscr S_g$ of the open locus where the automorphism group is $\{\pm1\}$ has codimension at least $2$. These results confirm Oort's conjecture for $p\geq 5$. We reduce them to statements about affine Deligne--Lusztig varieties for $\operatorname{GSp}_{2g}$ and prove analogues of (ii) for $\operatorname{GL}_{2g}$ and $\operatorname{GSO}_{4m}$.
Oort's conjecture asserts that for any $g \geq 2$ and any prime $p$, every geometric generic member in the supersingular locus $\mathcal{S}_g$ has automorphism group $\{ \pm 1 \}$. This has been proved very recently by Viehmann in full generality, with previously known counterexamples for $p=2$ and $g=2,3$. We construc...
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Jian-Chun Wu· 0 citations
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